Vernon Kay broke down in tears as The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue reflected on his bandmate Mark Sheehan's death. Vernon Kay broke down in tears as The Script frontman Danny O'Donoghue reflected on his bandmate Mark Sheehan's death'They teach his lyrics in Berkeley but both of us never graduated from school. Danny previously opened up about turning to 'drinking, smoking... everything' after the death of his bandmate Mark. Danny revealed that he went 'off the rails' after Mark died, turning to drink and cigarettes as he experienced a mental block. I was out drinking, smoking, everything and I went through a mental block.